Countermeasures News & Articles

RAF’s P-8 Poseidon Maritime Patrol Aircraft Drops First Torpedo

The Poseidon aircraft successfully dropped a recoverable exercise variant of the Mark 54 Lightweight Torpedo during a training flight that simulated an attack on a submarine

Aug 13, 2021
Sustainment Support for the F-35 Electronic Warfare System

BAE Systems will provide software maintenance, depot test equipment support, logistics analysis, obsolescence monitoring, technical field support, and reachback support for the F-35 U.S. Reprogramming Laboratory

Aug 11, 2021
MBDA Order Short-Range Air Defense Identification Systems

MBDA has awarded HENSOLDT France an order for 13 of its MSR1000I Identification Friend or Foe interrogators for very short range air defense systems to reduce friendly fire casualties and maximize combat effectiveness

Aug 11, 2021
Next-Generation Stealth Missile Seekers for the Long Range Anti-Ship Missile

BAE will produce next-generation missile seekers for the Lockheed Martin Long Range Anti-Ship Missile under a contract that will support the U.S. Navy, U.S. Air Force, and U.S. allies through Foreign Military Sales

Aug 03, 2021
U.S. DoD Awards Task Order for Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction

CACI will continue to provide the Defense Threat Reduction Agency with support in countering and deterring Weapons of Mass Destruction and threat networks

Jul 30, 2021
Successful Flight Test of Indian-Developed Surface-to-Air Missile

During the test, the Akash surface-to-air missile system, designed and developed by the Defense Research & Development Organisation, successfully intercepted a high-speed unmanned aerial target

Jul 30, 2021
IBCS Successfully Intercepts Cruise Missile Target

The flight test of the Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command System (IBCS) demonstrated joint engagement in an electronic attack environment to successfully engage a cruise missile target

Jul 30, 2021
New Anglo-French Defense Technology Partnership

MBDA will lead the new Complex Weapons Innovation Technology Partnership in continued development of generation-after-next missile technology for the French and British Governments

Jul 27, 2021
U.S. Army Completes Missile Defense System Flight Test

As part of the flight test, Lockheed Martin’s Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) missile used F-35 track data to intercept a surrogate cruise missile

Jul 27, 2021
Royal Navy Type 45 Destroyers to Receive Firepower Upgrade

Sea Ceptor can protect an area up to 500 square miles, engaging multiple targets simultaneously and reaching speeds of up to three times the speed of sound as it intercepts

Jul 20, 2021
Raytheon to Begin Next Generation Jammer Mid-band Production

Raytheon Intelligence & Space will begin production and deployment of the Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band (NGJ-MB), the U.S. Navy’s advanced electronic attack system that offensively denies, disrupts and degrades enemy technology

Jul 20, 2021
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